Powell’s Books is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with a curated collection of 50 books.

Powell’s Books is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with a curated collection of 50 books.

By Walker Caplan | July 12, 2021

C Pam Zhang’s <em>How Much of These Hills Is Gold</em> is being adapted for television.

C Pam Zhang’s How Much of These Hills Is Gold is being adapted for television.

By Walker Caplan | July 12, 2021

Exclusive cover reveal: Karen Joy Fowler's new novel, <em>Booth</em>.

Exclusive cover reveal: Karen Joy Fowler's new novel, Booth.

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2021

Area woman reads over 150 books… a month!?

Area woman reads over 150 books… a month!?

By Jonny Diamond | July 12, 2021

These are the books Barack Obama thinks you should read this summer.

These are the books Barack Obama thinks you should read this summer.

By Emily Temple | July 12, 2021

Against the Literature of Silence: Richard Flanagan on the Writer’s Freedom to Embrace Heresy

Against the Literature of Silence: Richard Flanagan on the Writer’s Freedom to Embrace Heresy

From the 2021 PEN Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture

By Richard Flanagan | July 12, 2021

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  • Country People
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  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

By Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross | July 12, 2021

Looking for Love in a Prison Cell

By Elizabeth Greenwood | July 12, 2021

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

By Carrot Quinn | July 12, 2021

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

Joyce Maynard on Finding Compassion Through the Distance of Fiction

By Joyce Maynard | July 12, 2021

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

Emil’ Keme on the Popol Wuj, K’iche’ Authors, and Poetry as Resistance

By Emil’ Keme | July 12, 2021

How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

Peter Sterling in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 12, 2021

Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 12, 2021

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | July 9, 2021

Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

By Walker Caplan | July 9, 2021

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